Motley Crue star’s show debuts tonight on WHRL FM-103.1

Nikki Sixx, second from left, with Motley Crue in 2006, celebrating their star on Walk of Fame (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

He titled his memoir “The Heroin Diaries,” and now Nikki Sixx of the rock band Motley Crue has his own radio show. It debuts in the Capital Region tonight on WHRL 103.1-FM.

The syndicated show from Premiere Radio called “Sixx Sense” will run from 7 p.m. to midnight Monday through Friday and feature a mix of music and talk. Kerri Kasem, daughter of the radio personality Casey Kasem, will be the co-host.

But Sixx will be the focus — out of curiosity if nothing else. He called his memoir “The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star,” and co-authored the book “Motley Crue: The Dirt — Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band.”

Sixx says the show will reflect his personality.

“There’s not going to be that much difference in my everyday life and my radio life,” he said in a teleconference with reporters. “I’m just broadcasting who I really am.”

He was a founding member of the heavy-metal band Motley Crue, whose players became notorious for hard-charging, outrageous lifestyles. He has said in interviews that he overdosed about six times on heroin — and that he once was declared dead for two minutes.

But he has been clean for 20 years, he says, and become a photographer, clothing designer, music producer and philanthropist. He still leads Motley Crue, which was winding up a Canadian tour when Sixx spoke last week about his radio show.

“First and foremost, it’s the music,” Sixx said. “The other part is, I’m hosting something that hopefully is really important to people. I’m going to turn them on to different stuff, whether it’s new musicians, accomplished musicians, actors, photographers, lifestyle people, authors.”

For starters, he says, his first guests will include Ozzy Osbourne, the rock and reality-TV star, and Duane “Dog” Chapman, star of the reality-TV series “Dog the Bounty Hunter.”

Sixx also will play music and talk about music. He will discuss current and past events, including those in his life.

“Everything’s open for discussion,” he said.

Initially, he said, the show will not be live. He will record it throughout the day, and then it will be assembled for broadcast.

“You can do radio from anywhere you are,” he said. “I can take the show with me, which I think for the listener is going to be really cool. If I’m taking them to a festival in England with 100,000 people, then that’s something they’re not going to get anywhere else.”

John Cooper, station manager of WHRL, said Sixx is “a unique individual who’s been involved in the music business for a long time. He’s got a great perspective on the music that we play. So I think he’s one of these larger-than-life personalities, a rock ‘n’ roll legend who has a lot to add to the radio station.”